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Old 7th November 2004   #21
norman_nomad
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Re: Mic techniques for recording Heavy guitar tone

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Originally posted by johnjm22
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I'm going for that modern heavy sound Taproot, Deftones (Around the Fur), Killswitch Engage ect.
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Buy a royer 121!

I record mostly modern hard rock; I've grown to love the royer 121 directly on the speaker cone along with an sm57 at a 45 degree angle. Make sure signals are phase aligned.

It works.

Another thing to try is borrow a marshall head, and 1960av cab and split the guitar signal between your mesa and the marshall. Marshall = mid-range meat. Mesa = harmonic grit.

Have fun!
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